次の首相、石破氏トップ２１％　小泉氏１５％、安倍氏１０％―時事世論調査

　時事通信の２月の世論調査で、次の首相にふさわしい人物を尋ねたところ、自民党の石破茂元幹事長が２１．６％でトップだった。２位は小泉進次郎環境相で１５．１％、３位は安倍晋三首相で１０．６％と続いた。
　昨年１０月の前回調査では、１位が小泉氏の１８．８％で、石破氏１５．８％、安倍氏１０．３％の順だった。
　「ポスト安倍」候補では、菅義偉官房長官が４位の６．１％、自民党の岸田文雄政調会長が５位の５．２％、河野太郎防衛相が７位の４．５％、茂木敏充外相が８位の１．５％など。
　自民党支持層に限ると、安倍氏が２５．３％で首位。石破氏２０．９％、小泉氏１２．５％、菅氏９．４％、岸田氏７．７％、河野氏６．７％が続いた。無党派層では、石破氏２１．９％、小泉氏１７．０％、安倍氏６．５％だった。
　調査は６～９日に全国の１８歳以上の男女２０００人を対象に個別面接方式で実施。有効回収率は６１．１％だった。（2020/02/14-17:04）

Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was chosen by the largest proportion of the public as the most suitable person to be prime minister after the current term of Shinzo Abe, a Jiji Press poll for February showed Friday.
   Ishiba topped the rankings of possible candidates, with support from 21.6 pct, rising from second place, with 15.8 pct, in October last year, the last time the survey covered the subject.
   He swapped places with Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who dropped to second spot with 15.1 pct, down from 18.8 pct.
   Abe remained third, with 10.6 pct, up from 10.3 pct.
   Among other post-Abe candidates, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga ranked fourth, with 6.1 pct, followed by LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Fumio Kishida, with 5.2 pct. Defense Minister Taro Kono ranked seventh, with 4.5 pct, and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi came eighth, with 1.5 pct.